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Re: Program to compute amount of coins

From Bartc <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Program to compute amount of coins
Date 2015-09-04 12:16 +0100
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On 04/09/2015 12:09, Alla _ wrote:

>>       const unsigned int coin_value[]= {25,10, 5,1 } ;

>>               for (int i=0;i<sizeof(coin_value)/sizeof(coin_value[0]);i++)
>
> I would be grateful if you explain what does
> sizeof(coin_value)/sizeof(coin_value[0]
> do; how does it work here?

It's what C does to compute the elements in an array. The number of 
bytes in the whole thing, divided by the number of bytes in one element.

Like trying to work out how many floors in a building, by dividing the 
height of the building by the height of each floor.

-- 
Bartc

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Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 08:54 -0700
  Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 17:07 +0100
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:02 -0700
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:12 -0700
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:18 -0700
      Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 18:30 +0100
        Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 19:53 +0200
          Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-03 21:03 +0100
            Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 22:29 +0200
              Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-03 21:51 +0100
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 23:37 +0200
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-03 23:07 +0100
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-03 18:24 -0400
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 00:30 +0200
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-03 16:36 -0700
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 14:00 -0700
              Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 13:58 -0700
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 05:07 +0200
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-07 13:14 +0100
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-08 02:39 -0700
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 18:29 +0200
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-08 13:15 -0400
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-08 10:16 -0700
          Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 04:09 -0700
            Re: Program to compute amount of coins Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-09-04 12:16 +0100
            Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 14:11 +0200
          Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2015-09-04 19:06 +0000
            Re: Program to compute amount of coins James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-04 15:12 -0400
            Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 01:54 +0200
              Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-05 01:01 +0100
                Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 02:50 +0200
  Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:09 +0200
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 17:11 +0100
      Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:38 +0200
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:08 -0700
      Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 18:20 +0100
      Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 19:32 +0200
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-03 12:18 -0700
  Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:16 -0700
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 18:24 +0100
      Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:37 -0700
        Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 19:02 +0100
  Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:42 -0700
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 19:57 +0200
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 19:05 +0100
  Re: Program to compute amount of coins Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-09-03 21:23 +0100
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 21:55 +0100
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-03 16:39 -0700
      Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 14:02 -0700
        Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-06 17:04 -0700
  Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 03:48 -0700
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 14:04 +0200
    Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-04 14:23 +0100

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